Context Travel
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About

Context was founded in Rome in 2003 by Paul Bennett and Lani Bevacqua an expat couple eager to curate experiences for travelers, not tourists. Since then Context has taken over 200,000 people to 60+ destinations around the world – accompanied by thousands of leading experts. What started as a dream to create cross-cultural connections is now a worldwide network and community of thoughtful, engaged travelers and experts.

Join a live private or small group tour in destinations around the world at contexttravel.com.

Be blown away by the design stories that lie beneath the Windy City‘s surface

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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1.5mi
Page through 350 years of history, taking in the former Spanish military outpost

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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2.0mi
Dive into the forgotten meaning behind some of DC’s most iconic sites

Walking Tour

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90 mins
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3.0mi
Find out how wars and revolutions transformed Mexico City from its Aztec roots

Walking Tour

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60 mins
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1.1mi
Feast on this trendy Mexican neighborhood where the Beat Generation once reveled

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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1.5mi
Glimpse diverse architectural styles that tell stories about Mexico's identity

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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1.7mi
See New York City’s oldest parts through the eyes of its colonial inhabitants

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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1.8mi
See scenes from NYC's theater district and its long history of costume changes

Walking Tour

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60 mins
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1.5mi
Marvel at Manhattan’s impressive mansions, once home to its scandalous elite

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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1.7mi
Find a giant singing stone and a T-Rex on a journey through the entire universe

Indoor Tour

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75 mins
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0.0mi
Wander through the unique French-English city where history meets sweet madness

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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1.8mi
Connect the city's colonial history to the events that sparked independence

Walking Tour

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90 mins
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1.5mi
Veer down alleys to find the royals and reformers who coloured Edinburgh's past

Walking Tour

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90 mins
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1.9mi
Whet your appetite for history at some of the city’s sweet and savory stalwarts

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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2.0mi
Decode the symbols behind the ceremony and its guardsmens' iconic uniforms

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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1.5mi
Unmask the city’s past while taking in the iconic sites that inspired the Bard

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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1.6mi
Unearth ancient ruins and Londinium's hidden history on this city stroll

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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2.7mi
Trace London's development through its landmarks from the 17th Century to today

Walking Tour

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60 mins
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1.7mi
Pick up on Porto’s love of the arts in its churches, theatres and public spaces

Walking Tour

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90 mins
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1.4mi
Get an architect’s perspective on a city rebuilt after the earthquake of 1755

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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2.0mi
Decode the hidden and sometimes political messages behind Graça’s public artwork

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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1.5mi
Unearth the city's timeless treasures, with an archaeologist to guide you

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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1.8mi
Track down Portuguese tiles’ influences from Roman mosaics to Ming Dynasty china

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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1.1mi
Relive the rise, fall, and revitalisation of the medieval port city’s Golden Age

Walking Tour

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90 mins
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2.4mi
Chart the port city’s transformation from ugly duckling to art and culture icon

Walking Tour

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90 mins
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1.9mi
Follow Picasso, Van Gogh and Renoir through the streets where they made history

Walking Tour

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60 mins
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1.3mi
Follow French resistance fighters through the City of Light‘s darkest days

Walking Tour

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90 mins
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2.8mi
Follow royals and political figures through Paris’ iconic boulevards and gardens

Walking Tour

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90 mins
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3.1mi
(15)
$9.99
Follow Paris’ backstreets to see art, history and urban culture brought to life

Walking Tour

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90 mins
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2.1mi
Sample the flavors of Paris on a cultural culinary stroll through Marais

Walking Tour

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60 mins
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1.5mi
Find out how this medieval district fell and then flourished into a cultural hub

Walking Tour

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90 mins
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2.2mi
Find out how Paris shaped the author and the quintessential artist's experience

Walking Tour

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60 mins
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1.6mi
Trace Paris‘ history from royalty to the revolutionary rise of its people

Walking Tour

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90 mins
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2.1mi
Return to the city’s royal past to see the architectural golden age it created

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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1.9mi
Savor the Literary Quarter's fine wines and tapas with an experienced winemaker

Walking Tour

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120 mins
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1.6mi
Page through Madrid's story, from medieval town to stylish metropolis

Walking Tour

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60 mins
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1.6mi
Hear about the movers and shakers that shaped this royal Nordic city

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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2.0mi
Decodifica los símbolos y la combinación de estilos arquitectónicos

Indoor Tour

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90 mins
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0.0mi
Piece together architectural styles in the ancient city that withstood the ages

Indoor Tour

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90 mins
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0.2mi
Feast on Catalonia's cuisine, Modernist art, and full-blooded legacy of liberty

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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2.3mi
Let Gaudi and Puig's architecture brings the cityscape and its symbols to life

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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2.5mi
Enter the artist’s inner world and see the sites that inspired his masterpieces

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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1.9mi
Gulp down a glass of Bavarian history with a sommelier in beer’s capital city

Walking Tour

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90 mins
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2.8mi
Bask in lakeside piazzas and hear ancient tales of trade with an art historian

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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1.6mi
Be enchanted by this ancient castle complex in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown

Indoor Tour

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60 mins
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0.0mi
Understand the fortress’ timeless significance, from its art to its architecture

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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0.6mi
See where art, design and history meet in the fashion capital that birthed Prada

Walking Tour

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90 mins
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2.2mi
Weave through backstreets where merchants and traders shaped a rising power

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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1.5mi
Tantalize your tastebuds on an expedition through Venice's rich culinary history

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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1.9mi
Get a sense of the power and wealth that built this merchant city

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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1.2mi
Trace the city’s past, from its royal roots to incorporation into Nazi German

Walking Tour

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60 mins
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1.6mi
Waltz through the Old Town in the musical steps of Mozart, Beethoven and Vivaldi

Walking Tour

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60 mins
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1.0mi
Stroll past medieval palaces and piazzas in the city that inspired Michelangelo

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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1.5mi
Trace the history of Florentine Jews from the ghetto to the Great Synagogue

Walking Tour

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60 mins
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1.7mi
Tuck into tasty Tuscan cuisine with a side of history on this city stroll

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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1.4mi
Focus on the art that changed history with five experts to enlighten you

Indoor Tour

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240 mins
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0.0mi
Admire the masterpiece that took centuries, and ruffled a few artists' feathers

Indoor Tour

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90 mins
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0.0mi
Unlock the 2,000-year-old castle’s secrets, from safe rooms to centuries-old art

Indoor Tour

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75 mins
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0.0mi
(25)
$9.99
Decipher the symbols woven into Italian masterpieces at this famous gallery

Indoor Tour

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90 mins
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0.0mi
Feast on the city’s best bites with a side of history in its storied center

Walking Tour

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90 mins
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1.9mi
Learn about life in Rome’s ghetto where Jews were contained for almost 300 years

Walking Tour

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60 mins
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1.1mi
Peek around the right corners and find the Eternal City's hidden histories

Walking Tour

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90 mins
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2.5mi
(22)
$9.99
Find traces of the palace fit for an emperor, but built at the expense of a city

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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1.6mi
Step into the world of scheming emperors, baying fans, and dueling gladiators

Indoor Tour

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75 mins
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0.0mi
(26)
$4.99
Experience Ancient Rome's landmarks with an archaeologist's guidance

Walking Tour

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90 mins
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1.3mi
Put the journey from colonialism and slavery to a buzzing metropolis in context

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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1.7mi
See traces of Roman life in the city where a volcano made time stand still

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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1.6mi
Trace Argentina’s journey from colony to nation in the streets of Buenos Aires

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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1.3mi
Reflect on 2,000 years of Greek influence on a stroll along the hilltop citadel

Walking Tour

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120 mins
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1.1mi
Learn about the city's past, from the first Olympics to more modern milestones

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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1.7mi
See how the cityscape was influenced by Tokyo‘s history and modern culture

Walking Tour

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90 mins
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2.6mi
(19)
$9.99
Soak up centuries of tradition on an exploration of the nation’s beloved drink

Walking Tour

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90 mins
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2.7mi
Deconstruct the events that transformed an ancient town into a modern city

Walking Tour

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75 mins
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1.3mi